New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-28
~ IuERIcIY DUCHESS IN CoURE
MADAME D'ACNY THINKS sHE HAS BEEN BADLY
TREATED on ALL SIDES.

MADAME DAUNY THINKS sHs HAS BEEN BADI
| TREATED on ALL SIDES.
! Tho financial and other Affections OF the Duchess
GAuEy who before she became the wife Of noble duke
was plain Robert soutier OF NewY York. have been
! cons Icuoasly presented tho public view In the
sprcmc Court before Justice vann The Duchess carries
about with her particular ndicatOO Of her lofty rank.
A. she sat In the courtroom an observer would as soon
have suspected her OF being the wife Of commonplace
contractor a duchess At the same time there was
nothing In her appearance which prccuded the POSSIBLE
! ty 81 duca glory.
| Tho duchess has had life Of episodes She was the
daughter OF Gakaway B. Lamar. cousin OF Secretary
Lamar ami the founder ami president OF the Bank OF the
! Republic. When only fifteen years old she married
Robert souttcr the Of James r. soutter. Within
few years they had four children three sons and a
daughter. Mr. Lamar promised his daughter house and
lot - wedding gift, but his affairs az the time were
somewhat tangled His wealth was largely invested IN
cotton during the and seized by the Govern
mont He ird recovered full damages but while
gagged in prosecuting his claim the house was bought
his suggestion. 10y Mr. and Mrs. soutter. who paid
$1,000 down and left about $4,000 on mortgage Mr..
Lamar aftcrward refused reimburse them unless Mfs
Souttcr I'm whose name the house was bought, would
to take only life interest in it, the property to
IA her death to her children She at hr-t refused pu
nferWard because. she claims, she was misni0rmed
a. To contents and effect, she signed trust deed
This fourteen years ago. aud she now seeks 10
have the trust set aside and 10 get possession OF the
property held for the children The real defendants
influences hostile to their mother Robert Soutter ded
In Jny, 1873 and In -7G his widow Went abroad where
sie hal spent her younger life. The Due dAuXy was
friend " her family. His title Is one OF the Oldest IN
France. and he claims descent from Henry III. His
estates are in Bel GUM Mrs Soutter married the Duke
and lived In Belgium until r-Si In the meantime her
Husbands estate was still unsettled aud she returned to
America Ia see what the matter .
The matter II there Il i now matter OF dispute
W X Soutter, the executor THINKS that everything IL
all right The Duchess thinks II Is all wrong Mr.
Souer SAYS the estate is worth more than ever the
Duchess without controyerting this thinks 1t would
be worth even more II Mr. sOutter had not been so
wicked Her Investigations convinced her That Mr.
s1uer hal done something very bad ana she had him
Indicted and arrested He was speedily released from
custody and trial the indictment In the mean
tune the Duchess's cousin IN Boston. Mrs Durant gave
her additional trouble i'm training the DuchcsSs sons
Tho Duchess left them with Mrs Durant In 1851. and
claims that they did not receive her letters The boys
are rich. -, - -, .,...
All these grccable facts were told from the witness
tan1 during the trial The Duke il tall dark colored
and dark haired lie parts his hair In the middle
AMI wears glasses and several rinfs He mas closely
attended his wife. whose plain strong lace mas becn
saen throughout the trial Joseph H. Choate ana Allen
warts had defended the trustees. and Mr. Choate said
some cold things about tho Duchess when be summed
nm Roln T.. Beers answered him back ana said cold
things about the Souttcrs. The Judge dismissed the
p,che,ss claim, with costs